the same interview they reference in the article).
ELDER OAKS: We are sometimes asked about whether marriage is a remedy for these feelings that we have been talking about. President Hinckley, faced with the fact that apparently some had believed it to be a remedy, and perhaps that some Church leaders had even counseled marriage as the remedy for these feelings, made this statement: “Marriage should not be viewed as a therapeutic step to solve problems such as homosexual inclinations or practices.” To me that means that we are not going to stand still to put at risk daughters of God who would enter into such marriages under false pretenses or under a cloud unknown to them. Persons who have this kind of challenge that they cannot control could not enter marriage in good faith.
On the other hand, persons who have cleansed themselves of any transgression and who have shown their ability to deal with these feelings or inclinations and put them in the background, and feel a great attraction for a daughter of God and therefore desire to enter marriage and have children and enjoy the blessings of eternity — that’s a situation when marriage would be appropriate
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Interesting that Oaks is so phallocentric that he believes that only "daughters of God" are "put at risk." I guess those lesbians who marry straight men either don't exist or they don't do any damage to the unsuspecting men they marry.
The corporation's double standard on that plane is consistent, even in its hiring practices and tolerance of homosexuals on the ybu faculty. Gay men are railroaded out; at least one gay woman was promoted to dean.
Next week's article focuses on reparative therapy--another feather in ybu's dunce cap.
This is amazing. You might think the Bishop or SP would say they needed to find new living arrangements for a temple recommend. Really none of my business. Definately interesting.
from the article: >Some gays, however, feel the LDS church does have a place for >them. A 42-year-old San Leandro man who was a sexually active >homosexual until 13 years ago converted to Mormonism 11 years >ago and said the church gave him the strength to abandon >homosexual acts forever. He asked that his name not be >published to protect his privacy within the church.
>The former mortgage loan officer is on disability due to AIDS- >related illness and goes to church every Sunday. His roommate >is his former boyfriend, who also asked that his name be >withheld. They are no longer intimate, and the loan officer >calls his roommate his "brother in the gospel of Jesus >Christ." Both attend the Oakland LDS temple frequently. Strict >ordinances must be followed to worship in the temple, and they >say they are upholding those standards.
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